Youth

August 12th is International Youth Day. Designated by the United Nations over 20 years ago, the day celebrates the voice of global youth and draws attention to issues affecting young people around the world. The day also serves as an opportunity to engage with the specific challenges facing young people and offer support for their…

According to the United Nations, the youth accounts for 16% of the global population. That is, 1.2 billion people make up the 15-24 age group. Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future”. If these are anything to go by, we…

Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders. The youth make up a significant percentage of the world’s population. This stark reality emphasises how important it is to shape, equip, and embrace their place in society knowing that it is them that will carry the successes and failures we create today. In the not-too-distant future, the older generation…

Have you ever participated in organized sports, in or out of school? If so, have those experiences been positive? Or do you feel that youth sports have become too stressful and too focused on winning?In “Luka Doncic Wants Young Players to Embrace ‘Mess and Joy’,” Tania Ganguli writes that Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks star, is…

When I was younger, I played softball for a year in a league at a park near my house. I was the youngest on the team, so I didn’t do much. Honestly, the team was pretty bad. We won once in the entire season. From this experience, I learned that I don’t like softball. But…

Organized sports for young people have become a multibillion-dollar industry in America. How is this affecting high school athletes’ experiences and access to play?

We challenged teens to choose any three recent New York Times pieces they wanted, then tell us what they got from them. The results are a delight.